Category: Scandals

DAP welcome Daim’s promise to make a full disclosure of the five-year-old mysterious tin-buying operation in London which is estimated to have resulted in a $1 billion loss

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, 27.6.1986;

DAP welcome Daim’s promise to make a full disclosure of the five-year-old mysterious tin-buying operation in London which is estimated to have resulted in a $1 billion loss

Was the $1 billion mysterious tin-buying scandal in 1981 part of international Jewish conspiracy against Malaysia? Continue reading DAP welcome Daim’s promise to make a full disclosure of the five-year-old mysterious tin-buying operation in London which is estimated to have resulted in a $1 billion loss

Daim Zainuddin was the big beneficiary while Multi-Purpose was the big loser in the 1984 swap between MPH’s UMBC shares for Daim Zainuddin’s Malaysia-French Bank shares in 1984

Speech (Part 2) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary¬-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Temerloh DAP Dinner-Ceramah held at Temerloh on Wednesday, June 18, 1986 at 8 p.m.

Daim Zainuddin was the big beneficiary while Multi-Purpose was the big loser in the 1984 swap between MPH’s UMBC shares for Daim Zainuddin’s Malaysia-French Bank shares in 1984

In 1984, when Multi-Purpose Holdings announced the swap of its 41% UMBC shares in exchange for the 51% Malaysia-French Bank shares, together with $125 million in cash, belonging to Daim Zainuddin’s companies, the then MPH managing director, Tan Koon Swan, said that this was a fair, equitable and beneficial deal to Multi-Purpose shareholders. Continue reading Daim Zainuddin was the big beneficiary while Multi-Purpose was the big loser in the 1984 swap between MPH’s UMBC shares for Daim Zainuddin’s Malaysia-French Bank shares in 1984

DAP motion in July Parliamentary meeting for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into widespread allegations of corruption, nepotism and improper activities involving Cabinet and non-Cabinet leaders of Barisan Nasional

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Ceramah at Petaling Jaya MPPJ Civic Centre on Saturday, June 14, 1986 at 9 pm

DAP motion in July Parliamentary meeting for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into widespread allegations of corruption, nepotism and improper activities involving Cabinet and non-Cabinet leaders of Barisan Nasional

I cannot think of another time in Malaysia’s 29-year history when the country had been flooded with so widespread talk and allegation about rampant corruption, nepotism and improper activities involving conflict of interest in high political places. Continue reading DAP motion in July Parliamentary meeting for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into widespread allegations of corruption, nepotism and improper activities involving Cabinet and non-Cabinet leaders of Barisan Nasional

Gerakan only opposes MCA Scandals but not UMNO Scandals

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Saturday, May31, 1986:

Gerakan only opposes MCA Scandals but not UMNO Scandals.

The statements by the Gerakan President, Datuk Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, has made it very clear that the Gerakan is a seat-oriented party which subordinates its political principles and objectives whether it could get more seats or not. Continue reading Gerakan only opposes MCA Scandals but not UMNO Scandals

Gerakan threat to contest under its own symbol, if not allocated more seats shows its naked opportunism’ and sheer lack of political principles.

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Penang Ceramah held at Penang Chinese Town Hall on Friday, May 30, 1986:

Gerakan threat to contest under its own symbol, if not allocated more seats shows its naked opportunism’ and sheer lack of political principles.

Gerakan President, Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, threatened a few days ago that Gerakan would contest the coming general elections under its own symbol if it is not given ‘ a fair deal’ in allocation of seats. Continue reading Gerakan threat to contest under its own symbol, if not allocated more seats shows its naked opportunism’ and sheer lack of political principles.

Tan Koon Swan is not fit to enter the Malaysian Cabinet because of his involvement in the Pan E1 crisis

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Puchong Liaison Committee meeting held in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, 5.12.1985 at 8.30 p.m.

Tan Koon Swan is not fit to enter the Malaysian Cabinet because of his involvement in the Pan E1 crisis which led to the three-day closure of the Malaysian and Singapore stock exchange and the 20-30% drop in share prices on its re-opening.

The newly-elected MCA President, Tan Koon Swan, is clearly not qualified to enter the Malaysian Cabinet because of his involvement in the Pan El crisis which led to the three-day suspension of the Malaysian and Singapore Stock Exchanges, and the 20-30% fall in the share prices on its re-opening today. Continue reading Tan Koon Swan is not fit to enter the Malaysian Cabinet because of his involvement in the Pan E1 crisis

Is the Instant Mee Scandal becoming a PAC Scandal?

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, when declaring open the Selangor Federal Territory DAP Political Course held at DAP PJ premises in Damansara Utama on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 2.30 p.m.

Is the Instant Mee Scandal becoming a PAC Scandal?

After yesterday’s Public Accounts Committee meeting, the PAC Chairman, Datuk Lee Boon Peng, made the shocking announcement that the PAC had abandoned its inquiries into the Instant Mee Scandal, and had instead, passed the buck back to the Ministry of Defence by directing it to set up a board of inquiry into it. Continue reading Is the Instant Mee Scandal becoming a PAC Scandal?

DAP calls on Prime Minister, Datuk Hussein Onn, to issue a White Paper on the full story of the $250 million Kuantan Port fiasco

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, Dap Secretary- General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang; on Thursday, 16th August 1979:

DAP calls on Prime Minister, Datuk Hussein Onn, to issue a White Paper on the full story of the $250 million Kuantan Port fiasco.

The Deputy Transport Minister, Encik Ali Shariff, said in yesterday’s papers that the Prime Minister, Datuk Hussein Onn, will visit the Kuantan Port site on Saturday, August 18, and will also attend a closed-door meeting with officials at the operations room. Continue reading DAP calls on Prime Minister, Datuk Hussein Onn, to issue a White Paper on the full story of the $250 million Kuantan Port fiasco

The Bank Rakyat Betrayal (2)

Speech by parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in the Committee Stage of the Second Development Supplementary Estimates 1979 on Tuesday, June 26, 1979

Why UMNO and Barisan Members of Parliament have no sense of outrage at the hundred million dollar betrayal by Bank Rakyat? It is because the list of Bank Rakyat loan defaulters read like an UMNO roll call including State Chief Minister and Exco members?

Last September, the Prime Minister, Datuk Hussein Onn, scolded the UMNO General Assembly because no one had raised the question of Bank Rakyat’s bankruptcy and betrayal of its members who are mostly poor fishermen, farmers, and low-rung government servants. Continue reading The Bank Rakyat Betrayal (2)

The $166 million “SPICA M” RMN fast strike craft scandal

Speech by ketua Pembangkang and DAP Sectary-General ,Lim Kit Siang, at the Selangor Guild of Graduates, University of Malaya, lunch on at Horizon Restaurant Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, 21st August 1976 on “Malaysia – Democracy and Nation Building”

The $166 million “SPICA M” RMN fast strike craft scandal

Malaysia is entering her twentieth year of nationhood. This means that the first generation of Malaysians have grown up since Merdeka. The entire school and university-going population are the complete products of the national education policies of the government.

Nation building, by which I mean the creation by government of a cohesive political community characterised by an abiding sense of identity and common consciousness, is not a task which comes within the life seam of any one generation of political leaders. Continue reading The $166 million “SPICA M” RMN fast strike craft scandal